Cryptococcemia in a patient with COVID‐19: A case report

Mohamad Y. Khatib; Amna A. Ahmed; Said B. Shaat; Ahmed S. Mohamed; Abdulqadir J. Nashwan

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3668

Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2021)

Cryptococcemia in a patient with COVID‐19: A case report

Mohamad Y. Khatib,
Amna A. Ahmed,
Said B. Shaat,
Ahmed S. Mohamed,
Abdulqadir J. Nashwan

Affiliations

Mohamad Y. Khatib: Critical Care Medicine Department Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH) Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Doha Qatar
Amna A. Ahmed: Critical Care Medicine Department Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH) Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Doha Qatar
Said B. Shaat: Critical Care Medicine Department Hamad General Hospital (HGH) Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Doha Qatar
Ahmed S. Mohamed: Critical Care Medicine Department Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH) Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Doha Qatar
Abdulqadir J. Nashwan: Critical Care Medicine Department Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH) Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Doha Qatar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3668
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 853 – 855

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Abstract The authors urge clinicians to balance the use of Immunosuppressant drugs and tocilizumab for COVID‐19 patients to avoid the development of infections like Cryptococcemia, leading to death within 30 days.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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